Gian-Carlo Rota on Combinatorics: Introductory Papers and Commentaries
Boston, Basel, and Berlin: Birkhauser, 1995. First edition. Signed by Gian-Carlo Rota on half-title, inscribed: "To Andy / with best wishes / [signed] Gian-Carlo / Cambridge / November 26, 1995." This "Andy" is Harvard mathematician Andrew Mattei Gleason, best known for his work on Hilbert's fifth problem. xliii, 624, [2]..... More